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Re: [Phys-L] Physics, Errors and Differenet Teaching Styles

I believe that I can design two 'flotation devices' (boat/barge) and could have EITHER answer be correct.

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At 9:59 AM -0700 6/27/12, John Denker wrote:
On 06/27/2012 07:18 AM, chuck britton wrote:
A barge loaded with a stack of steel plates is approaching a low
bridge.

Would their clearance be helped or hindered by tossing a plate or two
overboard?

(It's a river/canal, not a closed swimming pool/lake.)

explain your reasoning.

Bravo! I love it.